http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Dedicated to finding the Best of French Wine.. Here, good wine is appreciated like a good chicken (poulet de Bresse) – and you don’t need to be wearing soft-leather driving shoes to understand it. en Vox Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:28:23 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-rioja-for-rioja-lovers-marques-de-tomares-crianz.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-rioja-for-rioja-lovers-marques-de-tomares-crianz.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-rioja-for-rioja-lovers-marques-de-tomares-crianz.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:28:23 -0800 Friends and Acquaintances: I suspect that many subscribers to The Thoreau Wine Society have tasted more than a few Riojas, Spain’s noblest and most elegant red wine. The problem with Rioja is that there are really 3 styles being produced all of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-rioja-for-rioja-lovers-marques-de-tomares-crianz.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe50000020123f17d1434860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/another-gem-from-sylvain-pataille.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/another-gem-from-sylvain-pataille.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/another-gem-from-sylvain-pataille.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:39 -0800 Dear Wine Lovers, Several months ago my eloquent and humorous (thus proving that these 2 attributes are not mutually exclusive) partner in the Thoreau Wine Society, Mary Taylor, wrote about Sylvain Pataille and one of his superb Marsannays. Durin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/another-gem-from-sylvain-pataille.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe50000020123ddb8ff0a860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/mephisto-devilishly-good-wine-from-austria.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/mephisto-devilishly-good-wine-from-austria.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/mephisto-devilishly-good-wine-from-austria.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:53:20 -0700 Dear Friends, A small importing company recently put on a tasting of over 75 wines made in and around Vienna. For the most part, they represent terrific quality/value rapport. Of all the wines presented those of Rainer Christ from Weingut Christ ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/mephisto-devilishly-good-wine-from-austria.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe500000201240b6fe79a860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/world-class-grower-champagne-and-lower-cost-shipping.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/world-class-grower-champagne-and-lower-cost-shipping.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/world-class-grower-champagne-and-lower-cost-shipping.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:45 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398abe50000020123ddc7a94e860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398abe50000020123ddc7a94e860c-50si" alt="Imported Photos 00029" /></a> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398abe500000201240b6e0550860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398abe500000201240b6e0550860e-50si" alt="Imported Photos 00153" /></a> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398abe50000020123f17170cb860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398abe50000020123f17170cb860f-50si" alt="Imported Photos 00028" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Dear Friends, Here we enter the seasonal juncture which presents itself as an unpredictable, mutable, ever-changing force – leaves under foot, crisp air – a heightened sense of the elements, minerality, aromas so elegantly fermenting, weekends o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/world-class-grower-champagne-and-lower-cost-shipping.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe500000201240b6e04d6860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-great-fall-merlot-from-bob.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-great-fall-merlot-from-bob.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-great-fall-merlot-from-bob.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:02:54 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398abe50000020123ddbf6226860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398abe50000020123ddbf6226860c-50si" alt="248_phil_sr_asleep_barrells_lowres" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Hit it Bob: A CALIFORNIA MERLOT (!) YOU CAN DRINK WITH PRIDE AND PLEASURE It wasn’t that long ago that Merlot was the most popular red wine in America. Besides, anyone who knows anything about wine knows that Merlot is the key grape in Pomerol ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-great-fall-merlot-from-bob.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe50000020123ddaa7236860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/purity-and-gentility-in-the-barossa.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/purity-and-gentility-in-the-barossa.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/purity-and-gentility-in-the-barossa.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:53:04 -0700 Hi Friends, Welcome to the third season of the Thoreau Wine Society. Thanks to our readers, we have grown into a small collection of impoverished writers who have spent the majority of our lives reveling in the mysteries of great wines, stuck wit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/purity-and-gentility-in-the-barossa.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe50000020123dda2747a860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/the-emporer-of-aligote.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/the-emporer-of-aligote.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/the-emporer-of-aligote.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:19:19 -0700 Dear Friends, Recently having attended the annual tasting of the Maison Leroy wines: Madame Lalou Bize Leroy is one of the most powerful and important negociants and vineyard owners in Burgundy. Her estate wines regularly sell for 2-3 times thos... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/the-emporer-of-aligote.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe5000002011016414194860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/exceptional-rhodanian-viognier.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/exceptional-rhodanian-viognier.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/exceptional-rhodanian-viognier.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:32:40 -0700 FROM RACE CAR DRIVING TO MAKING WINE—CAN THIS BE REAL? LePlan Viognier 2007 $24.95 $270/case of 12 Dirk Vermeersch who hails from the lovely city Antwerp, raced cars professionally and successfully for 16 years, sold organic produce before the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/exceptional-rhodanian-viognier.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe5000002011017fae230860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/fear-and-trembling.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/fear-and-trembling.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/fear-and-trembling.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:16:14 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398abe500000201101678dce3860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398abe500000201101678dce3860c-50si" alt="Ladoix" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Dear Friends, Every time I encounter a Burgundy I haven’t tasted before I experience both anxiety and excitement.Why? Because there is nothing more disappointing than a thin, undernourished red Burgundy. The ratio of hits to misses with Burgundi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/fear-and-trembling.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe5000002011017f44dfc860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-languedocian-gem.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(miss mary taylor) http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-languedocian-gem.html?_c=feed-rss http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-languedocian-gem.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:09:13 -0700 Dear Readers, If you love wine (which you should) I would highly recommend grabbing a copy of Kermit Lynch’s fabulous book, ‘Adventures on the Wine Route’ – the decades-old story of the importer’s comb through France in search of revelatory wine... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/library/post/a-languedocian-gem.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398abe500000201101675407e860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>